Cutaneous metastases in one of the youngest reported patients with anaplastic thyroid carcinoma

Thyroid

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 781-783

  Patel, Rajan S ^a,b   Enepekides, Danny J ^a   Higgins, Kevin M ^a   Raphael, Simon ^c   Balogh, Judith M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

^b AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; ONSET AGE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; SKIN METASTASIS; THYROGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; TRACHEOTOMY;

ADULT; CARCINOMA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 67749137691     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2008.0391     Document Type: Letter

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